Big History Threshold 1-3

What is an origin story?

• the way elements are formed

• the reason for an expanding universe

• explanation of the beginning of the universe

Geology, biology, chemistry, and history are all ______________.

• Thresholds

• elements

• Disciplines

Big History uses evidence many different disciplines.

• True

• False

History is the study of ____________________

• past events

• life

• stars

What are Goldilocks Conditions?

• when stars explode in the universe

• when ingredients come together at the right time to create something new

• when scientists use bears in their lab experiments

Which of the following is NOT a claim tester?

• evidence

• logic

• authority

• Disciplines

According to the Big Band theory, how old is the Universe?

• 2,000 years old

• 13.8 billion years old

• there is no way to know

We do not know the ingredients and Goldilocks Conditions for the Big Bang.

• True

• False

What is the force between to bodies of mass called?

• gravity

• element

• matter

Ptolemy created the _________________ theory (that the Earth was the center of the Universe)

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Big Bang